SBU apprehends corrupt court official and lawyer in Odesa region

17:09, 10-03-2017

The SBU officers together with the Prosecutor’s Office revealed corrupt lawyer and secretary (consultant) of a district court in Odesa region.

The law enforcers established that the criminals demanded 10,000 USD from a private notary for not bringing her to criminal responsibility for issuing an agreement on the sale of an apartment under a nullified letter of attorney.

The SBU officers recorded the criminals getting the first part of the bribe at the amount of 4,000 USD and apprehended the lawyer and the court official in Odesa while getting another 2,000 USD.

A criminal case under Part 3 Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine was launched.